Coat-holder



No. e|2,623. Patented oct. la, |898. c. BENESH.

COAT HOLDER.

(Application filed Aug. 9, 1897.)

(N0 Model.)

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CHARLES BENESH, OF WAI-IPETON, NORTH DAKOTA.

COAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,623, dated October1S, 1898. Application filed August 9, 1897. Serial No. 647,624. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I,f CHARLES' BENEsH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wahpeton, in the county of Richland and State of NorthDakota, have invented a new and useful Coat-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to means for holding a coat in position for thewearer to readily thrust his arms through the sleeves in the act ofputting on they garment; and the object that I have in view is toprovide a simple construction and arrangement of parts by which thegarment may be suspended in a spreadout or opened condition tofacilitate the operation of putting on the garment and which will alsoyield or give readily to the move-` ments of the person and which shallbe so constructed as to provide for the easy and ready separation ordetachment ofthe garment from the holder after the coat is in positionon the wearer.

.Vith these ends in view my invention consists in the combination,withasuitable standard or guide-rod, of a bracket slidably iitted to thestandard or guide-rod and provided with a spring-clamp adapted to engagewith the collar of the garment, a hanger arranged transversely acrossand suitably attached to the slidable bracket and provided at or nearits ends with clips to engage with the end portions of thegarment-collar, and a spring to normally hold the slidable bracket inposition and to permit it to yield or give 5- and the invention furtherconsists in the novel combination of elements and in the constructionand arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

To enable others to understand my invention, .I have illustrated thepreferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which-- Figure l is a perspectiveview of a coatholder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view taken centrally through the device. Fig. 3is a transverse section on the line 3 5 of Fig. 2 to show the adjustablecollar and the clamp Fig. 4c is an enlarged detail sectional viewthrough the spring-clam p of the movable bracket. Fig. 5 isa detail.perspective view of the coat-hanger.

Like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

In the embodimentof my invention shown by the accompanying drawings Iprovide a vertical standard or guide-rod l, which is designed to befastenedv to a wall of a room, apartment, or hall of a dwelling or otherstructure. This standard or rod l may be attached by the short posts 2to the backboard 3, as shown by the drawings; but the backboard is notessential and may be used or omitted at pleasure.

l designates the bracket, which is iitted loosely on'the standard or rodto play vertically and horizontally thereon. This bracket may be of eastmetal or it may be constructed construct the bracket of wire'and to makeit with the arm 5 and the strut G. The arm and strut of the bracket areprovided with the bearings 7, which are iitted loosely to the standardor rod 1, and the outer extremity of the arm 5 of this bracket carries aclamp adapted to engage with the central part of the coat-collar. Theouterextremity of the arm 5 of the bracket terminates in or forms afixed jaw 8, and this arm 5 carries a suitvis adapted to bear upon oragainst the fixed member or jaw 8 of the clamp, and the heel ofthemovablemember or jaw 10 of the `clamp is extended beyond the housingor casing 9 and is formed so as to provide a thumbpiece by which themovable jaw may be conveniently manipulated. The spring 11 of the clampis housed within vthe casing, so as to be protected from injury anddisplacement,

and said spring bears against the movable member or jaw, so as to forcethe two members or jaws of the clamp together.

The movable member or jaw 10 of the clamp may be made in any suitable orfanciful sliape--as, for instance, to represent a IOS).

goose-head-and the bracket itself may be ornamented to present anattractive appearance; but these details will readily suggest themselvesto a skilled mechanic or to the manufacturer.

The bracket is movable freely in a hori-` zontal direction. on thestandard, as well as; in a vertical direction thereon, but the verticalplay of the bracket is limited toa cer-i tain extent by a coiledcushion-spring 13, which is loosely itted on the standard or rod: belowthe swiveled bracket. This cushionspring is held in operative relationto the bracket by means of a stop-collar 14, which l' is also fitted onthe standard or rod and which is provided with means for clamping thesame rigidly to the standard or rod to hold the stop-collar at anydesired point of adjustment on the standard. This stop-collar 14E isshown in the drawings as being divided to form the lugs 15, betweenwhich is fitted the eccentric head of a clamping-lever lt', the latterbeing pivoted tothe lugs of the stop-collar to bev movable therewith upor down on the standard l, whereby the adj ustable-stop-collar and Q itsclamping-lever provide means for hold-v ing the spring and the bracketatthe desired elevation on the standard or rod to suit .the convenience ofthe user, and kat the same time the bracket is free to 'have theswiveled, play or movement on the rod or standard to be cushioned by thecoiled spring. i

yM'yimproved coat-holder also contemplates the provision of a hanger 17,which is loosely;v -attached at its middle to the bracket ator near-theouter extremity of the arm 5 thereof, i and this Ahanger is providedatits ends with; -the clips '18, by which the hanger is adapted to engagewith the -garment at points on op-l` posite sides of the engagement ofthe springclamp with said garment. This hanger 1.7 is i made,preferably, from a length of wire bent` to proper shape to form theclips 18 at the4 ends thereof and a central eye or loop 19,

through which may be passed a pin or boltv 2O for loosely connecting thehanger to the bracket. In the bending of the ends of the wire hanger 17to form the clips 18 it is preferred to curve the ends of the wire andto` double thembackupon the curved parts ofy the wire, after which thewire is formed into the coils or eyes 2l and the spring-arms 22.

This form of the clips provides for the secure attachment of the garmentto the hanger, and

at the same time the clips readily disengage themselves from the garmentby pulling on the latter after it has been donned by the wearer.

In using my improved coat-holder the clamp on the bracket is adjusted toengage with the collar of the garment at the central partv thereof, andthe spring-clips 1S of the hanger are engaged with the garment-collar ator near the ends of thelatter. If desired, the ends of the hanger may bethrust into the sleeves of the garment instead of having the clipsattached to the ends of the garment-collar, but this is optional. To donthe garment, the person simply thrusts his arms through the sleeves andpulls slightly on the garment in order to disengage the same from theclamp of the bracket and from the clips of the hanger. The employment ofthe hanger is an important part of my coat-holder, because its useenables the garment to be held in a spread-out or opened condition,which facilitates the donning of the garment by the wearer.

My coat-holder has all of its elements movable, so that they will yieldor give to the motion of the body in the operation of donning thegarment, and this is important, as it enables lthe garment to be donnedto the best advantage.

Various chan gesin the form and proportion of parts maybe made withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacriicing the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 'I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In Va coat-holder, the combination with a bracket,.of a hangerloosely attached at its middle kto the free end of the vbracket andprovided yat its ends with spring-clips, and a lspring-clamp carried bythe bracket in a position betweenv the clips of the hanger,substantially as and for the purposes described. `2. In a coat-holder,the combination of a standard, la cushioned bracket fitted loosely onthe standard to slide and turn thereon, a central spring-jaw at ythefree end of the bracket, and a hanger attached loosely at a pointintermediate of its length to the bracket and at a ypoint adjacent tothe spring-jaw thereon, and provided at its ends with springclips,substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. A coat-holder comprising astandard, a bracket provided at its rearpart with the vertically-alined bearings that iit loosely on thestandard,rthe clamp at the outer freeend of the bracket, acushion-spring fitted on the standard below the lower bearing of thebracket, a collar also fitted on the standard to have the spring restdirectly thereon and provided with the extended ears, a lever with aneccentric head pivoted in the ears and binding against the standard, anda hanger pivoted centrally to the bracket below the clamp and having, atits ends, the clips, substantially as described.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BENESH.

Witnesses:

J. A. RICKERT, FREDK. R. BARNES.

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